ROCHESTER, NY — Sophomore Mike Chmielowiec’s four-point play capped an 11-0 Rochester scoring run late in the second half and helped the Yellowjackets to an 84-75 win over Emory University Sunday afternoon at the Louis Alexander Palestra on the Rochester campus. The loss dropped Emory’s record to 7-10 overall, 1-6 in the University Athletic Association. Rochester boosted its overall record to 13-5, 4-3 in UAA tilts.

Down by a 52-45 margin 16:20 left in the game, Emory battled and took a 60-59 lead with 9:06 on the clock when senior Adrian Sosa hit a three-point field goal. After Rochester retook the lead, 62-60 on the strength of a Chmielowiec trey, the Eagles answered on a long-range bomb by sophomore Johnny Pinto that pushed the Eagles back into the lead, 63-62 with 7:47 remaining.

After Pinto’s three pointer, the Eagles missed their next four field goal attempts and went scoreless for over four minutes while Rochester went on its decisive run. Chmielowiec totaled six points in the stretch, with his four-point play coming on his second three pointer of the afternoon and a free throw when he was fouled on the shot. That sequence enabled Rochester to claim a 73-63 bulge with 3:46 on the clock. The 6-foot-3 Chmielowiec paced six double-figure scorers for the Yellowjackets with 16 points.

Emory got off to a quick start in the game and held a pair of eight-point leads in the first half, the last coming with 5:20 left in the stanza when junior Spiros Ferderigos converted a pair of free throws. However, the host Yellowjackets sank four three-point field goals over the remainder of the half that helped them take a 44-41 edge at halftime. The long-range shot was well used by both squads during the opening 20 minutes of action with each shooting 50 percent, Emory hitting three-of-six and Rochester seven-of-14.

Ferderigos concluded the game as Emory’s leading scorer with 16 points while registering a team-high six rebounds. Sosa and Pinto each finished 15 points with Pinto’s total representing a season high. The 6-foot-6 Pinto was successful on five-of-seven from the floor including all three of his trey opportunities.

For the game, Emory shot 50 percent from the floor (26-of-52), a season high for UAA games, while Rochester ended at 44.4 percent (24-of-54). The Yellowjackets registered a 33-22 advantage on the boards, 16-7 on the offensive end of the floor that helped them to 17 second-chance points.

Emory’s next action takes place on Friday (Feb. 2) when it hosts Rochester starting at 8:00 p.m.